You need information in the field. Carrying a laptop may not be the best option. You can load up your Android phone before you leave the office or home, or have someone email documents to you.

Once you have the documents, how do you read them?

The Droid is bare bones phone. Rather than ‘own’ everything you use, locking you in to what someone else thinks is the best tool for you to use, the Droid is wide open. There are many applications for viewing Word, Excel, PDF and other documents. One is Documents To Go 2.0.

I downloaded the free version soon after getting my Droid. It renders Microsoft Word and Excel files and attachments well. I am satisfied with the speed too.

While I don’t need greater capabilities yet, Documents To Go offers a paid premium version that includes greater capabilities. These include:

Viewing Adobe PDFs

Support for Microsoft 2003 and 2007 file formats

Creating, editing and saving Word, Excel and PowerPoint files

Sending files via email

Viewing and updating charts

Zooming and formatting

Most users report as good an experience with the full Documents To Go as I have had with the free ‘viewer only”‘version. It is about as close to the full Microsoft Office as you can get in the palm of your hand. You can find more details at www.dataviz.com.

Bob Wolff

Bob Wolff is an accountant-turned-Channel Manager at BQE Software who helps to offer consulting and software solutions for BQE customers. He likes to share his business expertise here on the blog whenever he can.